Easy Pot for Ponakovs
Level 16
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Ben Heath lost a portion of his big stack and then limped the small blind. Kannapong Thanarattrakul raised from the big blind and won the pot. Thanarattrakul limped his next small blind and folded when Pablo Brito Silva raised big.
Aleksejs Ponakovs made it 32,000 to go from under the gun next and Jorryt van Hoof called out of the big blind. The 
flop was checked to the Latvian, who continued for 22,000 and took it down.
There is currently a significant gap between the two big stacks and the three shorter stacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,110,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
975,000
-245,000
|
-245,000 |
|
330,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
280,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
270,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |